Alternate Method of Replacing Awning Fabric?
Hello folks, After 14 good years, it is now time to replace the fabric on our trailer's awning. I have watched lots of videos where the rivets are drilled out of the end cap, multiple marks are mad...
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LarryJM wrote:beemerphile1 wrote:jetcare wrote:
The poly cord usually wraps under the each cap preventing the fabric from moving left and right during the life of the fabric....
I have never seen that. All of mine allowed the fabric to move on the roller tube but was fixed in place in the awning rail with a screw at each end.
Same here one on a 1981 awning and my current 2007 A&E. So much for the "USUALLY" misinformed idea.
Larry
Well I have installed at least 500 awnings in my 37 years as a RV Tech. Repaired probably 1000. Fabrics replaced, probably 100 to 150. Almost ALL the Dometic ropes curl over the end of the tube into a slot in the tube and then the Torsion cap goes over the end. Now, Usually????? 99 times out of a hundred will be that way. What CAN happen is the rope gets cut when folded over, but when you install the new fabric, the rope will be LONGER than needed and you will cut the excess off and fold it over. You have looked at 2 or 3, I have done HUNDREDS. So, like Jetcare, we know more than you. Doug
